Building Assets to Reduce Poverty and Injustice - Ford Foundation

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Sherraden, Michael. Assets and the Poor: A NewAmerican Welfare Policy. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe,1991.In the first half of this study, Sherraden providesa critical analysis of federal welfare policy, welfaretheory, and welfare reform debates. In the second,he proposes an asset-based policy that wouldcreate a system of incentives through “IndividualDevelopment Accounts” based on the concepts ofsavings, investment, and asset accumulationrather than the income supports, spending, andconsumption that guide current policy.Yunus, Muhammad. Banker to the Poor. Dhaka,Bangladesh: The University Press Limited, 1998.The stories and examples in this publication reflect theFoundation’s interests over time in innovative strategiesto reduce poverty and injustice. Grants respond tolocal conditions and similar activities are not necessarilyfunded in all countries. To learn more about thecurrent interests of the Ford Foundation:Ford Foundation320 E. 43rd St.New York, NY 10017USAWeb site: www.fordfound.orgTo comment and share your experiences with asset buildingE-mail address: assetsapproach@fordfound.orgAn autobiographical account of the founder ofthe Grameen Bank, this work fundamentallyrethinks the economic relationship between therich and the poor. Yunus believes that credit is ahuman right, the last hope for those faced withabsolute poverty. Yunus integrates Eastern andWestern cultural views, asserting that societymust concentrate on promoting the will to surviveand the courage to build the first and most essentialelement of the economic cycle—people.
Programs Of The Ford FoundationThe Asset Building and Community Development Program works in partnershipwith two other Ford Foundation programs: Peace and Social Justice; andEducation, Media, Arts and Culture. Collectively, we support institutions,activists, scholars, practitioners, and leaders in 15 fields worldwide.PEACE ANDSOCIAL JUSTICEASSET BUILDING ANDCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION, MEDIA,ARTS AND CULTURE• Human Rights• InternationalCooperation• Governance• Civil Society• Children, Youthand Families• Community Development• Development Financeand Economic Security• Environment andDevelopment• Sexuality andReproductive Health• Workforce Development• Education Reform• Higher Educationand Scholarship• Religion, Societyand Culture• Media• Arts and CultureFoundation program officers develop grant portfolios that respond toconditions and opportunities in selected regional and national contextsworldwide. Grantmaker portfolios typically include a combination of supportfor research and demonstration projects, organizational development,policy development, and constituency building efforts needed to addresskey problems and achieve large scale social change.
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